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89 Ifmar article from "Radio Controlled Cars for Dirt & Track" Australia

Video Link for 89 event https://rumble.com/vn3owb-1989-offroad-ifmar-worlds.html

Starting to pull some of my old cars down from the loft to clean up and do something with, so I figured I might as well photograph them and share them on here as I go. First up is my 1/8 hotrod. Hotrods are different here in the UK to the US as over here they are a class of oval racing using current...

I made the HB faster tonight because now it has a "Sport Tuned" motor. Don't know what this means, but it must mean sportier somehow. I believe the silver can motor is good for around 16 MPH while the Sport Tuned could exceed 16 1/2 MPH. It's meant for experienced RC drivers. Both motors ...

No update on the HB as of this evening, as everything doesn't seem to be working out, but I will work them out. Just a history lesson here that I learned recently. When I first looked into the HB, I figured it was a British thing, or a take on something from across the pond. I figured "Holiday&...

Here are a few bodies i have painted.

How do you integrate an imported mesh , I was trying this today and gave up , I'd imported tires and wanted to integrate them with a wheel I modelled myself , importing the mesh was easy . Go in Mesh, use insert Mesh Then, I think it is under Solid/Create and Convert Mesh to Solid But then the file...

Ok last one. Too adorable not to share

I wouldn't want my current dogs to train any new dogs.
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Electronics are all mounted. I did forget the antenna tube mount though. I'll probably make a new hold down strap for the receiver and incorporate the antenna mount into that. I used an Associated 7138 servo saver and with a single spring clip it seemed sloppy so I installed both the small and mediu...

Today is an important day for this project... The 3D printed MJF Nylon PA12 chassis arrived... I was quite impatient to see it arriving, and be able to do some fitting test https://i.imgur.com/KKDK3rK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/iSTFXed.jpg I also took the gearbox in, and it fits perfectly... As said, i...

A bunch of parts arrived from The Optima House today



And that included my Nichimo chassis, as this allowed both my friend from The Optima House and myself to save some shipment costs

Breakin some rules here...
More like video of the day not taken by me





About 30 miles north of where I live

Chuck

There has been a bit of recent resurgence of Dominator IV cars on eBay and it got me to thinking... 1. All the early ads for the Dominator in ~'89 had yellow plastic. I've never seen single yellow spare parts, so I assume the car used in the ad was just dyed yellow? 2. Some early cars I've seen the ...

When your extra large dog figures out what the arm rest is for.

Don’t remember if I ever shared this picture and story. Working on a job site and these two came running up all excited. One was a handful the other was a calm sweetie. Picture is pretty obvious which is which. The boss was on site for a short while so we hopped in his pickup truck and drove around ...